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Found video: Downtown LA in color in 1946

By Kevin Roderick | May 8, 2015 12:29 PM

Screen Shot 2015-05-08 at 12.23.42 PM.jpgFun stock footage posted on the Internet Archive. The Rialto, I assume the Orpheum, and the old RKO and Olympic theaters are seen, along with Clifton's, the Golden Gopher, a Coffee Dan's and other familiar LA sights.

Hat tip: Lynell George on Facebook


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